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UK moves against online porn

The UK government is to move against the availability of violent pornography online, the Home Office has announced.

Following a meeting between Home Secretary Charles Clarke and the mother of Jane Longhurst, a special needs teacher murdered by a man who regularly accessed hard-core pornography on the internet, the department has announced a crackdown on websites that depict rape, strangulation, torture and necrophilia.

Such sites are already illegal domestically, but foreign sites remain accessible. The UK has had discussions with other G8 governments and internet service providers about the issue.

The government plans to apply anti-child-pornography tactics against such content and also expand police powers.

A further announcement, detailing the government’s plans, is to be made shortly.
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